"about as nimble as a mastodon in a tar pit" ColdFusion Builder without the Update resembled that remark that's for sure. My blog post about CFB the day it was released was less that glowing. However, since the update CFB is much better and that prompted me to buy CFB on faith that I would have a job again soon. (The job thing finally worked out. But, cable didn't survive.)
If you have an issue or find a bug n CFB then tell Adobe. I've been submitting bugs as I find them to the public bug tracker. http://cfbugs.adobe.com/bugreport/flexbugui/cfbugtracker/main.html Members of the CFB development team have emailed with me directly to resolve these bugs. And yes there is one or two that affect performance. However, I have found CFB to run much faster on OS X than Windows even since the first alpha's. I am not sure why this is, but on my iMac CFB is lighting fast for MOST things (There may be a tar pit in there sometimes). As for the cost, I make my living with CFB. I used to use CFEclipse and Homesite before that. If CFEclipse had cost money I would have paid for that also. In the end it comes down to does it help me make money. For me, the answer is yes. Some have mentioned they only do a little dev. Well, then maybe CFB is not for you? I don't know. But Homesite and CFStudio also cost money even before Adobe inherited those products. But quit whining about it already :-) My mailbox was stuffed this morning :-) Wil Genovese Sr. Web Application Developer/ Systems Administrator Wil Genovese Consulting wilg...@trunkful.com www.trunkful.com On Jan 26, 2011, at 9:13 AM, Eric Cobb wrote: > >> about as nimble as a mastodon in a tar pit > > That cracked me up! Good one! > > > Thanks, > > Eric Cobb > ECAR Technologies, LLC > http://www.ecartech.com > http://www.cfgears.com > > > On 1/26/2011 9:02 AM, Gerald Guido wrote: >>>> Who is being flippant? It's a fact of life that some developer tools >> cost money. >> >> >> Going out on a limb here.... >> >> It is all relative. Good tools cost do cost good money. But.... For some >> here, $300 is chump change. For others, even the gainfully employed, that >> could mean making a car or mortgage payment, or not. Times are tough. I >> would wager that some of the folks here vocal about not complaing about it >> not being expensive have incomes in excess of six figures, or close to it. >> For those people it is *not* expensive, but for independents or 9-5ers that >> are struggling to put their kids though college $300 *is* a good chunk of >> change. >> >> I like CFB but it is a dog @ work. Our intranet has thousands of cfm's and >> cfc's (it handles *all* of our internal business proccesses) and CFB is >> about as nimble as a mastodon in a tar pit. So is it worth $300 in this >> instance? Arguably not. >> >> Flame on Garth! >> >> G! >> >> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Raymond Camden<rcam...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Who is being flippant? It's a fact of life that some developer tools >>> cost money. That isn't unusual, it is a fact of life. I was going to >>> say just us developers, but I'm sure in most industries there are >>> tools you end up having to pay for to help you get your job done. >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 8:09 AM, Eric Roberts >>> <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: >>>> I think we need to move where you guys live...if you can be so flippant >>>> about $300, pay must be pretty awesome there... >>>> >>>> What I wish they would do is offer a version without flash for less. I >>>> don't ever do flash, so bundling it isn't much of a perk to me. >>>> >>>> Eri >>> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:341363 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
